date:May 12, 2012
he US population, it remains in people for a very long time and causes developmental and other adverse effects in laboratory animals.
If the panel concludes exposure to PFOA is linked to health problems, DuPont could be forced to spend more than US$200m on medical monitoring programs, according to a class action in 2005.
Smith said: To our knowledge, PFOA has never been used as an ingredient in food packaging materials or coatings.
Nonetheless, PFOA has been found to be present as an impur